Yield of gastric lavage and bronchial wash in pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Rizvi, N ^a   Rao, N A ^a   Hussain, M ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bronchial wash; Diagnosis; Gastric lavage; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LAVAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034051808     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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